About Western Electric

Western Electric was the captive equipment arm of the Bell System and produced the majority of the telephones and related equipment used in the U.S. for almost 100 years. Its laboratories produced many major innovations in communication technology, building on the fundamental invention of Alexander Graham Bell.

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• Western Electric number cards
• WE booklets in the PDF library
• WE history on Wikipedia
• WE history at the Bell System Memorial
• WE history in the Encyclopedia of Chicago
• chronology of WE dials (ATCA)